North Korea incorporated COVID-19 education into its annual top-tier New Year’s children’s concert for the first time this week, as case numbers soar worldwide and the ruling party calls “anti-epidemic work” the “number one priority” in the new year.

A performance about pandemic protocols featured dancing hand sanitizer bottles and lyrics urging children to follow the rules to prevent “big problems.” The event aired in full on state TV on Jan. 2.

In a first since 2018, the show also resumed open promotion of anti-U.S. propaganda, with a song featuring kids dressed as soldiers performing under the slogan “Death to